> The third week of a network season is a critical one.  Ratings erosion after a series or season premiere is expected and even acceptable, because it’s understood that not every viewer drawn by hype and marketing will be a satisfied customer.  But a continued fall in Week 3 can be a sign of trouble, […]

>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 opened with a record  $168.6 million and is on a phenominal track.  Winnie the Pooh is a very quiet opener in contrast.  This weekend is up a stunning 46% from the same weekend last year.   The ShowbuzzDaily Domestic Final estimates now show that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  BIG BROTHER and MASTERCHEF gained 0.1 in final numbers, but WAYWARD PINES lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  SHARK WEEK again gave Discovery top cable honors, with SHARKS VS DOLPHINS at 0.86, DEADLIEST SHARKS at 0.82, and SHARK […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There were quite a few 0.1 declines in final ratings, with FRESH OFF THE BOAT, NCIS, NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, NEW GIRL and TV’S HOTTEST COMMERCIALS all taking the hit.  Only THE VOICE gained 0.1 from this morning. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other […]

  Preliminary broadcast network ratings for Night 1 of the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION were roughly the same as last week’s Democratic Convention, and at 0.3/0.2/0.3 were similarly down from 2016 (0.7/0.5/1.1).  For more detail, see Mitch Metcalf’s Convention Ratings Analysis post, which will be updated this afternoon with cable numbers. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +2% above last year and now +6% above the average for this point the past four years ($2.948 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $8.1 billion worldwide […]

  OPENINGS:  THE GRINCH (Illumination/Universal) rode its family movie 47% Saturday bump to a $66M weekend, 20% better than 2000’s How The Grinch Stole Christmas.  There are relatively few recent mid-November family movie releases, because Disney has established its ownership of the Thanksgiving corridor that starts less than 2 weeks later (this year’s installment is […]

  Only one show on network TV last night topped a 2 rating. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was the dominant winner of the night with a 2.6, although that was down from its previous airings when it shared the night with The Voice.  Last night it was preceded by OFF THEIR ROCKERS, which had the […]